该计划旨在深入了解西方民主国家的当代安全和情报环境，重点是英国。安全和情报研究是政治学中的一个重要的新领域，但是也得到了广泛的认可，即对安全和情报机构的运作方式，其运行环境以及其产品的使用方式和使用方式的充分了解已成为良好和成功治理的关键组成部分。重点是利用独特程度的从业人员领导的专门知识，将学术和历史分析与当代问题和政策问题相关联，尤其是在英国，乃至整个西方国家。
This programme aims to deliver a deep understanding of the contemporary security and intelligence environment in western democracies, with a focus on the UK. Security and Intelligence Studies are an important new field in political science but there is also widespread recognition that a good knowledge of how security and intelligence agencies operate, of the environment in which they operate, and of how their products are, and should be, used has become a key component of good and successful governance. Emphasis is placed on relating academic and historical analyses to contemporary problems and policy questions especially in the UK but also to western states in general, using a unique degree of practitioner-led expertise.